2023 D.C. Defenders Statistics
XFL (XFL)
Team Record: 9-1
Finishing 1st in the XFL's North Division
Lost Championship
Coach: Reggie Barlow (9-1)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2023 D.C. Defenders RosterTeam Record: 9-1
Finishing 1st in the XFL's North Division
Lost Championship
Coach: Reggie Barlow (9-1)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2023 D.C. Defenders Results
The D.C. Defenders of the XFL ended the 2023 season with a record of 9 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in the XFL's North Division.
Offensively, D.C. paced the circuit with 298 points. At the same time, the defense allowed 240 points. Jordan Ta'amu passed for 1,894 yards. Lucky Jackson hauled in 36 passes, while Chris Blair accumulated 594 receiving yards. Josh Hammond was targeted regularly, too.
Abram Smith ran for a team-best 778 yards for the Defenders.
Michael Joseph intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Davin Bellamy topped the defensive unit with 5.5 sacks, topping a defense credited with 26 sacks.
Reggie Barlow coached the team. The 2023 D.C. Defenders lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Jordan Ta'amu | 229 | 143 | 62.4 | 1894 | 8.3 | 14 | 6.1 | 3 | 1.3 | 86 | 6 | 27 | 103.5 | D'Eriq King | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 184 | 7.4 | 4 | 16.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 32 | 4 | 16 | 112.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 254 | 160 | 63.0 | 2078 | 8.2 | 18 | 7.1 | 4 | 1.6 | 86 | 10 | 43 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Abram Smith | 156 | 778 | 5.0 | 70 | 7 | Jordan Ta'amu | 67 | 298 | 4.4 | 49 | 3 | Ryquell Armstead | 63 | 217 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 | D'Eriq King | 30 | 102 | 3.4 | 22 | 5 | Jequez Ezzard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Josh Hammond | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Pooka Williams | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | Raymond Calais | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 320 | 1395 | 4.4 | 70 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lucky Jackson | 36 | 573 | 15.9 | 52 | 5 | Josh Hammond | 34 | 331 | 9.7 | 26 | 1 | Chris Blair | 26 | 594 | 22.8 | 86 | 3 | Ethan Wolf | 13 | 106 | 8.2 | 16 | 1 | Abram Smith | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 18 | 0 | Briley Moore-McKinney | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 12 | 1 | Brandon Smith | 8 | 118 | 14.8 | 37 | 1 | Alex Ellis | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 14t | 4 | Ryquell Armstead | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 14 | 1 | Jequez Ezzard | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 32 | 1 | Jordan Ta'amu | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | Josh Malone | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 158 | 2051 | 13.0 | 86 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Daniel Whelan | 29 | 1322 | 45.6 | 66 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 29 | 1322 | 45.6 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jequez Ezzard | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 | Pooka Williams | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 12 | 0 | Josh Hammond | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 189 | 8.6 | 20 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jequez Ezzard | 18 | 344 | 19.1 | 34 | 0 | Pooka Williams | 10 | 273 | 27.3 | 79 | 0 | Brandon Smith | 10 | 218 | 21.8 | 37 | 0 | K.J. Sails | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 20 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43 | 909 | 21.1 | 79 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Michael Joseph | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 41 | 2 | Santos Ramirez | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 40 | 1 | D.J. Swearinger | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 1 | Kentrell Brice | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | Joseph Wallace | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 187 | 20.8 | 62 | 4 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Davin Bellamy | 5.5 | 37 | 6.7 | Andre Mintze | 4.5 | 16.5 | 3.7 | Jarrell Owens | 4.0 | 17 | 4.2 | Joseph Wallace | 2.5 | 17 | 6.8 | Fadol Brown | 2.5 | 11.5 | 4.6 | Anthoula Kelly | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | Cameron Lewis | 1.0 | 6 | 6.0 | Jamal Brooks | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | Jacub Panasiuk | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Anthony Hines | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | Santos Ramirez | 0.5 | 4 | 8.0 | Francis Bernard | 0.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 | Kentrell Brice | 0.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 | Caraun Reid | 0.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 26.0 | 138 | 5.3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | TFL | TFLY | Brup | QBH | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Francis Bernard | 42.5 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Michael Joseph | 36.5 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | DeJuan Neal | 37 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 0 | Santos Ramirez | 38 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Anthoula Kelly | 28 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kentrell Brice | 22.5 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Reggie Northrup | 33.5 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Anthony Hines | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Jamal Brooks | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | D.J. Swearinger | 12.5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | Joseph Wallace | 15 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Davin Bellamy | 14.5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | Fadol Brown | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | Andre Mintze | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Jacub Panasiuk | 13 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Caraun Reid | 12.5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Jarrell Owens | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | K.J. Sails | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Nydair Rouse | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Ferrod Gardner | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Travon Fuller | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Cameron Lewis | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Montae Nicholson | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Gabe Wright | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Malik Fisher | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Isaiah Johnson | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Joshua Allen | 3 | 3 | 0 | Artavis Pierce | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Abram Smith | 4 | 0 | Ryquell Armstead | 2 | 0 | Ethan Wolf | 0 | 1 | Jordan Ta'amu | 5 | 0 | D'Eriq King | 1 | 0 | Jequez Ezzard | 1 | 0 | Lucky Jackson | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 449.5 | 334 | 231 | 51 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Abram Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Lucky Jackson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | Matthew McCrane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | D'Eriq King | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | Chris Blair | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | Alex Ellis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jordan Ta'amu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | Michael Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Josh Hammond | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | Ethan Wolf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | Brandon Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Santos Ramirez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | D.J. Swearinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jequez Ezzard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ryquell Armstead | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Briley Moore-McKinney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jazz Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 292 |
